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Acquire (v)

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To get hold something

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Impose (v)

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To make you do something

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Apprehensive (a)

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Dreading, being nervous

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Reinstate (v)

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To bring back in

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Summon (v)

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To send for

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Innovative (a)

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Bringing new ideas, imaginative

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Moult (v)

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To shed fur or a skin (animals)

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Annex (n)

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A small room added to a building

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Adjourn (v)

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To stop something for a while until later

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Suspend (v)

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To hang something

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Novel (a)

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A new way, doing something in a different way

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Commiserate (v)

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To comfort, to feel someone’s pain

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Dejected (a)

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Disappointed, down in the dumps

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Venerate (v)

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To give honour and respect to

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Chastise (v)

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To tell off

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Commend (v)

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To praise someone

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Inconsequential (a)

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Of little importance

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Paramount (a)

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Of huge importance

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Onerous (a), taxing (a)

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Hard-going, difficult

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Formidable (a)

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Strong

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Scrutinise (v)

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To look closely at something

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Haughty (a)

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Posh, stuck up

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Resourceful (a)

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Using things in an imaginative way

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Frail (a)

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Weak, fragile

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Puny (a)

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Weak, not strong or muscly

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Hearty (a)

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Strong and healthy

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Overbearing (a)

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Bossy, bullying

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Meek (a)

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Mild, gentle, kind

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Diplomatic (a)

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Polite, careful with your words

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Courteous (a)

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Super-polite

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Aloof (a)

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Cold, stand-offish, unfriendly

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Unity (n)

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Standing together

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Liberate (v)

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To set free

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Pulverise (v)

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To hammer and squash down

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Mangle (v)

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To squash and squeeze out of shape

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Admit (v) (not confess)

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To allow someone in

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Concede (v)

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To give in or admit someone is right

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Garb (n)

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Disguise or costume

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Sultan (n)

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An ultimate ruler

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Weld (v)

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Join together metal (using heat)

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Eclipse (n)

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When the moon gets in front of the sun

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Eclipse (v)

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To do much better than someone else

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Civil (a)

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Barely polite but not friendly

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Elude (v)

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To escape from or avoid

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Bewildered (a)

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Confused, puzzled

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Diligent (a)

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Taking lots of care

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Inconsolable (a)

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So sad you can’t be comforted

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Console (v)

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To comfort someone, to make them feel better

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Accelerate (v)

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To go faster

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Scanty (a)

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A small amount of something

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Opulent (a)

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Rich, expensive

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Demure (a)

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Quiet, shy

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Barter (v)

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To exchange (without using money)

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Unobtrusive (a)

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Not easily noticeable

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Melodramatic (a)

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Over dramatic, a bit of a drama queen

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Slapdash (a)

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Sloppy and careless

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Mortified (a)

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Ashamed, die of shame

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Recollect (v)

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To remember

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Sleek (a)

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Smooth, silky

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Conscientious (a)

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Taking lots of care

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Flaw (n)

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A weakness

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Feign (v)

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To pretend

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Contempt, disdain (n)

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Disgust, looking down on someone

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Incessant (a)

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Non-stop, continual

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Brisk (a)

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Quick, energetic

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Virtue (n)

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Goodness

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Laudable (a)

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Worthy of praise

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Cultivate (v)

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To help something to grow

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Unintelligible (a)

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Nonsense, gibberish, doesn’t make sense

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Apathy (n)

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Not caring, not being bothered

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Comprehend (v)

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To understand fully

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Outmoded (a)

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Old-fashioned

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Exuberant (a)

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Over the moon, excited

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Appease (v)

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To calm someone down, make them less angry

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Destitute (a)

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Penniless, having nothing at all

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Privileged (a)

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Well off, having more (financial) advantages

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Ancestor (n)

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Family members who came before you

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Raucous (a)

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Noisy, rowdy

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Seldom (adv)

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Not very often

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Precursor (n)

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Something that comes before something else

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Correlate (v)

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To be linked with something

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Anorak (n)

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A waterproof coat with a hood

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Encore (n)

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A short, repeat performance

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Darn (v)

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To repair something woollen

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Frank (a)

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Honest, brutally honest

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Credible, plausible (a)

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Believable

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Abundant (a)

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Lots of something, plentiful

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Unbridled (a)

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Out of control, off the leash

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Conceited (a)

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Arrogant, think your better than everyone else

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Competent (a)

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Able to do something but not brilliantly

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Erratic (a)

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Inconsistent, unpredictable

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Miser (n)

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Someone who hoards their money

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Incite (v)

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To encourage someone to do something wrong

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Despondent (a)

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Gloomy, down in the dumps

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Authorise (v)

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To give someone permission to do something

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Rebuff (v)

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Reject someone/something (often roughly)

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To be averse to something

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Instinctively not like something

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Putrid (a)

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Rotten, stinky

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Tier (n)

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Level (cake, carpark etc)

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Defraud (v)

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TO pretend to be someone in order to steal money

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Rite (n)

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Something (often religious) that people go through once

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Hereditary (a)

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Passed down in your genes

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Affect (v)

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To have an effect

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Effect (n)

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An impression, a change, something different

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Rebate (n)

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A refund , money back

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Superior (a)

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Better than

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Inferior (a)

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Worse than

Vocabulary from Mixed Workouts (30 decks)

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